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Yes, I still play the drums.  Yes, it makes me happy.  Yes, I want to do more of it, and yes I will. 

In fact, this coming Friday, June 24, I will have the pleasure to sit-in with the phenomenal band "Mary" to play a MOBfest 2005 show at Martyrs’ in Chicago.  If you live in Chicagoland, I’d love to see you there.  This is going to be fun.  For those of you that have never heard Mary, I describe the music as "Trip Rock."  Like if Pink Floyd was raised on a farm in El Paso, IL, they might have sounded like this.  And the melodies and words are as good anything around.  And my good friend Edwin Pierce, 100 Year Picnic co-writer and collaborator, plays the bass in Mary…

Anyway it’s very cool stuff, so you gotta check it…  (You know I don’t just say these things about anything.)  You can listen to some music samples at the band’s website or their CDbaby site.  On CDbaby, you can even read a review that yours truly wrote about their last record. 

In other drumming news, I got to play on a whole slew of songs for my friend Chris Chambers, a very talented local songwriter, who is recording his first full-length album.  We got some real good sounds in Tim Bilyeu’s basement home studio, with some very nice microphones, and a very nice vintage Fibes drumkit that yours truly has been playing since the 8th grade.  Can’t wait to see how the record progresses….will keep you posted.

One last item, I recently played drums at Oxide Lounge for the latest Monster Pawn commercial jingle, which should be out sometime soon.  Tommy OD played guitars and bass, and Doug Johnson provided all of the excellent vocals.  Too much fun…